Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones, a Mothership RPG adventure

Become the mutant in this 48pg biopunk facility-crawl zine for Mothership RPG

Exploring Chen's Mountain Bunker, Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones drops unsuspecting PCs smack center into the plans of a scientist gone mad in her love for the dead despot that once owned the world. Players must gather clues, navigate NPC motivations, evade monstrosities and Become the Mutants themselves.

Can they break the cycle? Or are they doomed reawaken and Become the Mutant again and again, until it's too late?

Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones is a biopunk facility-crawl for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG. Part Metroid, part Cronenberg’s The Fly, this zine turns the casual non-horror of “save stations” into unsettling sci-fi body horror that emphasizes lasting environmental consequences through gameplay. This module can start off a Mothership campaign, appear as an unexpected sci-fi dungeon, and inspire other sessions with its bestiary of biohorror monstrosities.

Written by Chris Airiau with development from Christian Sorrell (MeatCastle GameWare) and Roz Leahy as lead editor, this adventure is designed from the ground up for explorative discovery, replayability, and ease of play. Add slick and sick layout by Eric “spider00x” Alsandor, the legendary Daniel Hallinen (a.k.a. Kharrak) on maps, and Vini Alex as lead artist, this zine is a visual treat to stand strong alongside the 3pp Mothership big hitters.

Packed in this zine you’ll find:

• Adventure hooks to bring your players into the machinations of Chen, among them the Rimspace Company-Client Program's troubleshooting team: The Sleeper Crew, brought to you by Freezer Operations.
• 5 Bio-Drone types, with their own encounter behaviors and a d100 Bio-Drone Abnormalities table to heighten the Cronenbergian body horror.
• Cryo-Clone Mutation Table with 45 possible variations (or more!) to change up the freak factor each time you want to use these baddies, for this adventure or elsewhere.
• 10 industrial-sized zones to explore within the massive Mountain Forces R&D Facility with 20+ unique areas.
• New weapons and equipment to help PCs Survive, Solve and Save.
• 5 NPCs trapped in Chen’s Mountain Bunker with you (or are you trapped with them?!), each with their own agendas.
• Two massive monstrosities whose encounters can restart the cycle, or allow the PCs to break free, and post-game seeds to keep Chen’s horrors sprouting up throughout your games.

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